Flamel was a wizard

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 38453

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "mike_wiltse" <mike_wiltse at y...> wrote:
>  Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his 
> six
> " . . . six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in 
> Devon
> with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight)."
> 
> He is 665 years old 650ish when Voldemort was in power.  He probably 
> wasnt really up to fighting a Wizard in the prime of his power.
> 

Actually all we know is that he was 665 when that book was written.  Since we 
don't know when the book was written, we only know that he's *at least* 665.  
He could be far older, since the book could be very old.  

Or, since this is the wizarding world, perhaps the book magically updates 
everyone's age automatically.  Why else would a book publish ages (which become 
obsolete almost immediately) rather than birth years?